SAT Words
Holidays
Documentary
Personalities
Describing Pictures
100
An adjective that means controlling or commanding. "King Philips desire was to make Spain the ______ power in Europe"
What is dominant?
100
This Christian holiday is celebrated by decorating pine trees with ornaments and lights, and by giving presents.
What is Christmas?
100
True or false: A documentary is a fictional film that describes imaginary stories and characters to the audience.
What is false?
100
A person who is very sure of themself is...
What is confident?
100
The term used to describe things farthest away from the viewer.
What is the background?
200
A verb meaning to end, complete or finish. "Hoping to _____ the dispute"
What is resolve?
200
In memory of the roman priest who died to protect marriage and love, this holiday is celebrated by giving candies and chocolates to those you are fond of.
What is Valentine's Day?
200
True or false: In a documentary, all interviews should be relevant to the topic of the film.
What is true?
200
To speak very highly of yourself or make known your achievments is to...
What is brag?
200
The term used to describe things in the middle of the image.
What is the midground?
300
A word meaning unavoidable or inescapable. "...conflict was _______."
What is inevitable?
300
The exact date April Fool's Day is celebrated on.
What is April 1st?
300
This verb is used to describe the act of filming or taking a picture with a camera.
What is to shoot?
300
A person who is very charming and persuasive is...
What is suave?
300
The term used to describe the closest area of the image to the viewer.
What is the foreground?
400
A person who highly concerned with tradition; especially someone who is concerned with the purity of language. "Understandably, it is the ------- among theater critics who become most incensed when producers insist on reinterpreting celebrated classic plays."
What is a purist?
400
On Halloween, people carve faces into pumpkins and place a candle inside to create these glowing decorations.
What is a Jack-O-Lantern?
400
When the narrator or host of the film is speaking but we don't see him or her on screen, it is called this.
What is a voice-over?
400
If you are worried about how other people see you or think of you, you feel...
What is self-conscious?
400
A verb that means to show or describe, that is frequently used when talking about pictures.
What is depict?
500
A verb that means to conspire or scheme to do something usually with ill intent. "The novel's hero naïvely expects that the buyers will compete among themselves to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead they ------- to cheat him."
What is collude?
500
On February 2nd each year people look to this small mammal to predict how long winter will last. The day is also named after this animal.
What is a groundhog?
500
A term used to describe the measure of time you have recorded on film.
What is footage?
500
When you admit your failures and speak poorly of yourself to others you are...
What is self-deprecating?
500
A dark shape in front of a light background.
What is a silhouette?